Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3842, Samuel Fullerton, Mass

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Mass
Fullerton, Samuel Persis
R. 3842
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K 4139 Pensia Fullerton of Saml.
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Mr. L. Lincoln AR

X (4139) Pensia Dullerton. of Saml.
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Mr. L. Lincoln HN

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Mr. Newton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the papers hereto annexed is genuine.
I further certify, that Daniel W. Dinsmore is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the several signatures of his name to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this eleventh day of December, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Registrar

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
on this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, Parris Fullerton a resident of Lancaster in said County, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of Samuel Fullerton late of said Lancaster deceased who was a private soldier in the Army of the revolution, and served as nearly as the East State as follows, to wit: — He belonged to said town of Lancaster when he went into the service, and she belonged to the same town, and always knew him from her childhood. She remembers his first going into the service up at the taking of Burgoyne. But she cannot state how long nor under what officer he served. Afterwards, and after they were married, he went down as a soldier to Rhode Island. He went away in the month of August and did not return from this service till snow came. She cannot state the his services in this service but refers to the defunct annexed cover to the rolls in the War Office. She remembers receiving a letter from her husband while he was on Rhode Island but it is lost and she has no documentary evidence of his services. She knows that she was married the spring after the peace winter , which was in the year 1780, and that her said husband went into the Rhode Island service the August after. Their first child was born the March after her husband got home.

The further deposes that his mother name was Miss Duncane, that she was married to the said Samuel Fullerton at said house by the Revd. James M'Nab on the thirteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and eight and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Fullerton died at said house on the second day of January in the year eighteen hundred and eleven and that he has remained his widow ever since, as will more fully appear by the proofs annexed.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written Bridget Fullerton
Portia Fullerton
Notary Public of the Court of Probate for said County of Kent.

"Intentions of Marriage entered" Samuel Fullerton & Persis Duncan both of Worcester, entered March 10th , Seventeen hundred eighty one."
"Marriages" May thirteenth , Seventeen hundred eighty one. Samuel Fullerton & Persis Duncan, both of Worcester."
I certify that the above are true copies of the record, with the excep- tion of the dates, which are expressed on the record in fair, legible fig- ures as follows, March 10 th 1781 & May 13, 1781.
C. A. Hamilton, Town Clerk.
I, Charles A. Hamilton, abovenamed, depose and say; that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Worcester, in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above are true extracts, the first, from the third volume, and the second from the fourth volume of the records of said town, with the exception abovenamed, as certified by me.
Worcester October 17, 1888.
Sworn before me, David N. Merrill Justice of the peace

I met Henry J. Worcester in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty years before and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Fullerton of said Worcester, a soldier in the Revolution; that we entered the revolutionary service together in the month of June or thereabouts in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty seven and marched under Capt. Hubbard of Holien to Bennington. That said Fullerton remained at Ben- nington I met the same and engaged in the other duties of the same until the month of December following, when said Fullerton left here for the army and returned home. That said Fullerton left the army soon after his said departure with him to said Worcester in said month of December.
That after the having season, the deponent thinks in the month of August, seventeen hundred and eighty one, said Fullerton enlisted for six months in the company commanded by Capt. Joshua Wheeler of said Worcester in Col. Whitney's regi- ment of which company said deponent also belonged. That said Fullerton joined the company at Tiverton in Rhode Island, where place the company soon after left - marched to the vicin- ity of Newport R.I. which was then occupied by the British. That said company with which said Fullerton continued, remained before Newport until about the last of November or first of December following, when the members of the company were dischar- ged, after their time of enlistment had expired, there being no further occasion for their services. That said Fullerton served as a private in both expeditions. Said deponent does not know whether he was ever engaged in any battle, but that the army to which he belonged at Newport was frequently fired upon by the British from the town of Newport. And further the deponent saith not.
Daniel Searle

Worcester ss. November 3. 1835. Personally appeared Daniel Stearns to the within affidavit and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed, before me.
Daniel W. Lincoln
Justice of the peace.
And I further certify that the said Daniel Stearns sustains a good moral character, & that his statements are entitled to entire credibility.
Daniel W. Lincoln. Justice of the Peace.

I, Hepsibeth Hemenway of Worcester in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Fullerton a soldier in the Revolution and Pessie Fullerton his wife, previous to and at the time of their marriage: That the name of said Pessie was Duncan before marriage: That the said marriage took place as near as the deponent can recollect, & as she verily believes in the year seventeen hundred eighty one. That after their said marriage said deponent was frequently at the house of the said Samuel & Pessie Fullerton assisting in the care and labor of the family: That she very well recollects the Samuel Fullerton leaving her family to join the American Army at Rhode Island which she verily believes but cannot state with absolute certainty was subsequent to his marriage with the said Pessie.
Hepsibeth her Hemenway Mark
Worcester / November 26 A.D. 1838. Personally appeared the above named Hepsibeth Hemenway and made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed is true, & I hereby certify that the said deponent bears a good character for truth & veracity.
Before me,
Daniel Whipple
Justice of the peace.

I, Azubah Gleason of Winchester in the County of Winchester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years before and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Fullerton a soldier of the Revolution and with Pessie Duncan previous to, & at the time of their marriage which took place in the year nineteen hundred and eighty one in the Month of May. That the said Samuel Fullerton said deponent well remembers, left the town to join the Army on one occasion and was absent some months and said deponent, verily believes that it was after the marriage of the said Samuel Fullerton to the said Pessie Duncan. I further the deponent saith not.
Azubah Gleason
Winchester November 26. 1835. Personally appeared the above named Azubah Gleason and made oath that the above deposition by her subscribed is true, & I certify that the said deponent, is a credible witness. Before me
David Whinham
Justice of the Peace.

I Aaron Bancroft, of Worcester, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty three years depose and say that I am now, and for fifty two years have been a settled minister of the Gospel in said Worcester, that during a portion of this period of time, and up to the time of his death I was well acquainted with Samuel Fullerton of said Worcester who belonged with his family to the religious society of which I am Pastor, that he died on the second day of January in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and eleven; and I attended, in my clerical capacity, and officiated at his funeral: that I was also well acquainted with Mrs Persis Fullerton wife of the said Samuel during his life, and up to the present time: that since the death of her said husband, said Persis Fullerton has resided in said Worcester, and has remained, and is now, the widow of the said Samuel Fullerton & unmarried.
Aaron Bancroft
Worcester ss. November 24. 1838. Personally appeared before me, Aaron Bancroft, the aforesaid deponent, and made oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed; and I certify that the words "verily believe that I" were interlined previous to the signature of the deponent being offered thereto, and further that the said deponent's character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable.
David W. Lincoln, Justice of the Peace.

3842 RECEIVED
P. O.
Miss F. Fullerton
Service: Reserves wid. of General
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

X Paris Fullerton - draft rejected his letter to Hon G. Lincoln. 21 Dec '38.
5842

dup. from the Sept 78
Eq. 1. m. 16 a,

Sam Wallula 1836
Ma Ma 1781
Wat Stearn, cut
6nd. Inhuallutny Aug 1781/1778
Colleshtny
June 1777 Capt Hubbard
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4139 ms. A. 9. 2. 18
ms. A. 9. 2. 18 4 July 36
Dear Lincoln my
Mr. S. Lincoln H.R.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir
I have occasion to trouble you with the enclosed pension application of the Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier - and I beg permission to state that I have known the Applicant from my infancy, as a most worthy and respectable Woman - The witnesses are also well known to me, as deserving of all credit - The Rev'd Doct Brimfield is the honorable Clergyman of the Parish of which I am a Member - and I humbly trust the case my former entitled to favorable consideration.
The communications with which you honored me, in reference to the applications of Mrs Nichols of Mrs Lammer have been forwarded for the decision of their Agents.
With the highest esteem & respect Your obed't & obliged Serv't Levi Lincoln
H. of Dept Dec 16 1834.